The purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry (Registry) shall be to assist the efforts of law-enforcement agencies and others to protect their communities and families from repeat offenders and to protect children from becoming victims of criminal offenders by helping to prevent such individuals from being allowed to work directly with children.
2003, c. 584; 2020, c. 829.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety
Chapter 9 - Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act
§ 9.1-900. Purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry
§ 9.1-901. Persons for whom registration required
§ 9.1-902. Offenses requiring registration
§ 9.1-903. Registration and reregistration procedures
§ 9.1-904. Periodic verification
§ 9.1-905. New residents and nonresident offenders; registration required
§ 9.1-906. Enrollment or employment at institution of higher education; information required
§ 9.1-906.1. Emergency shelters; notification; registration
§ 9.1-907. Procedures upon a failure to register, reregister, or verify registration information
§ 9.1-908. Duration of registration requirement
§ 9.1-909. Relief from registration, reregistration, or verification
§ 9.1-910. Removal of name and information from Registry
§ 9.1-911. Registry maintenance
§ 9.1-912. Registry access and dissemination; fees
§ 9.1-913. Public dissemination by means of the Internet
§ 9.1-916. Requests for Registry data by Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; confidentiality
§ 9.1-917. Limitation on liability
§ 9.1-918. Misuse of registry or supplement information; penalty
§ 9.1-919. Notice of penalty on forms and documents
§ 9.1-920. Liberal construction
§ 9.1-923. Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry established